Grants From The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation

One of the most prestigious international grants available to emerging figurative artists.

The mission of the Foundation is to promote and encourage the acquisition and development by students and artists of the necessary training, skills and competence in the traditional means of artistic expression. The Foundation provides financial assistance, by way of grants, to students and artists in the early or developmental stage of their career who work in a representational style of painting, drawing, sculpture or printmaking and demonstrate a commitment to making their art a lifetime career.

The Foundation welcomes applications throughout the year; there is no deadline for filing an application.

The Foundation does not accept applications from commercial artists, graphic designers and illustrators, photograpgers, cartoonists, animation artists, video artists, filmmakers and digital artists, craft makers, artists who work in the decorative arts. The Foundation does not provide funding for the pursuit of abstract or non-objective art.

The Foundation has no geographic or residency requirements, grants are available to eligible applicants from around the world.